Quote Originally Posted by r0bb0 View Post
found some more useless info today regarding the paint code and the long middle tag
wm70rdl266096q
wm-belmont
70-panel van
r-253 high comp
d- 1974
l2- Adelaide
66096 build
q- hq
was looking at old holden colour chart from 1973 and orchid was not available for belmonts
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That is right, and officially the only way you could normally get metallic on a Belmont in 1974 was with a Sandman optioned Belmont. But CTV (colour trim variation) was a relatively easy thing to do, not only normal colours where they shouldn't be but also totally left field colours as well like a HK colour on a HQ etc. So whilst Orchid says your HQ is more than likely a Sandman, it isn't an iron clad guarantee.